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attribute in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. attribute or credit to
    "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
    impute  ascribe  assign  attribute 
  2. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
    "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
    assign  attribute 
noun
  1. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
    attribute 
  2. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
    "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
    property  attribute  dimension 
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